Former Wofford quarterback Brian Kass, now a backup for a Coastal Carolina team that takes on No. 1 North Dakota State today in the FCS quarterfinals, said he would have no regrets about leaving the Terriers even if he wasn’t playing football anymore.

Kass said left because he had his degree and wanted to start on his master’s of business administration, and also because his body couldn’t take the pounding of an option attack. He kept up with Wofford from afar and was glad he was not part of an offense that failed to really get going with three quarterbacks. If he had stayed, it would have been four.

“If you have four good quarterbacks, it’s not a good situation,” Kass said. “You’re always looking over your shoulder. You can’t get into a rhythm. In the past two years at Wofford, that’s been proven. When you’re rotating quarterbacks, the offense is not going to mold and mesh like it should.”

Kass said he still talks to former teammates at Wofford, including one of the quarterbacks.

“I think they were put in a pretty tough situation,” Kass said. “I think it hurt the entire offense. But I give those guys credit. They fought hard this year. They did their best. But that whole deal was really tough.”

Kass said he has an even greater respect for Mitch Allen, who started for three seasons and rarely came out before graduating after the 2011 season.

“Not everyone is as fortunate and tough as Mitch,” Kass said. “He was able to stick through years of punishment on his body. Mitch used to pop right back up every time. … People don’t understand how tough that is. I give all the quarterbacks at Wofford and all the guys before me credit. I don’t know how they took so much punishment. I know my body took a beating. I was beat up.”

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